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United Nations agencies deliver lifeline food assistance to 25,000 Eritrean refugees in Tigray Format ADDIS ABABA – Eritrean refugees in two camps in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia received a month’s worth of food supplies through a joint distribution by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and Ethiopia’s Agency for Refugees and Returnee Affairs (ARRA). In coordination with Federal authorities, a convoy of 18 trucks delivered nearly 250 metric tons of corn soya blend, grains, pulses and vegetable oil to local humanitarian partners for d...

defenceWeb Written by Reuters - Ethiopia’s government said on Friday it was returning Eritrean refugees to camps they had fled in the northern region of Tigray, a move that alarmed the United Nations refugee agency after a month-long conflict that is believed to have killed thousands of people. The United Nations and other aid agencies say they have been denied access to some 96 000 refugees in Tigray since fighting erupted on 4 November between the government and a rebellious regional force. They are concerned about food and security in the camps, which they have not been permitted to vis...

Views: Visits 5 Amidst “disturbing reports” from Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan, the UN refugee agency called on Friday for “unfettered access to Tigray in order to reach people in need”. Babar Baloch, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), repeated the joint UN call for all parties to “allow freedom of movement to affected civilians seeking assistance, safety and security within the Tigray region or outside the affected areas”. “This includes respecting and upholding the right to cross international borders to seek asylum”, he told...

English By Lisa Schlein Share on Facebook Print this page GENEVA - The International Organization for Migration rejects allegations that it is complicit in the forcible return of Eritrean refugees being held in one of its transit centers in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Media reports have said the International Organization for Migration is holding Eritrean refugees in one of its three transit centers in Addis Ababa.   Recent news reports also accuse the agency of busing the refugees to an unknown destination.   UN Alarmed Over Fo...

Refugee agency says it received reports of Eritreans in Ethiopian region being killed, abducted and forcibly returned.